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Increased blood pressure in adult offspring of families with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy: a prospective study

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have linked smaller kidney dimensions to increased blood pressure. However, patients with Balkan Endemic Nephropathy (BEN), whose kidneys shrink during the course of the disease, do not manifest increased blood pressure. The authors evaluated the relationship between kid...

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Autores principales: Dimitrov, Plamen S, Simeonov, Valeri A, Tsolova, Svetlana D, Bonev, Angel G, Georgieva, Rossitza B, Karmaus, Wilfried J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1560117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16928270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2369-7-12